Badung Strait
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Badung Strait is a narrow body of water in Indonesia separating Bali from Nusa Penida and the neighboring islands, known for its strategic maritime significance and as the site of a notable World War II naval battle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Badung Strait canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4225852 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Badung Strait Context triple: [Battle of the Badung Strait, location, Badung Strait]
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A.
Lembeh Strait
Lembeh Strait is a renowned Indonesian dive destination celebrated for its exceptional muck diving and rich diversity of rare and unusual marine life.
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B.
Bali Strait
The Bali Strait is a narrow body of water separating the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, serving as an important local shipping and ferry route.
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C.
Sunda Strait
The Sunda Strait is a narrow waterway in Indonesia that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra, connecting the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean.
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D.
Sumba Strait
Sumba Strait is a body of water in eastern Indonesia that separates Sumba Island from neighboring islands and connects parts of the Indian Ocean with the surrounding seas.
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E.
Makassar Strait
The Makassar Strait is a major sea passage in Indonesia that separates the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi and forms part of an important shipping route between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Badung Strait Target entity description: Badung Strait is a narrow body of water in Indonesia separating Bali from Nusa Penida and the neighboring islands, known for its strategic maritime significance and as the site of a notable World War II naval battle.
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A.
Lembeh Strait
Lembeh Strait is a renowned Indonesian dive destination celebrated for its exceptional muck diving and rich diversity of rare and unusual marine life.
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B.
Bali Strait
The Bali Strait is a narrow body of water separating the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, serving as an important local shipping and ferry route.
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C.
Sunda Strait
The Sunda Strait is a narrow waterway in Indonesia that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra, connecting the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean.
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D.
Sumba Strait
Sumba Strait is a body of water in eastern Indonesia that separates Sumba Island from neighboring islands and connects parts of the Indian Ocean with the surrounding seas.
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E.
Makassar Strait
The Makassar Strait is a major sea passage in Indonesia that separates the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi and forms part of an important shipping route between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of water
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| battleDate | 19–20 February 1942 ⓘ |
| battleInvolved |
Imperial Japanese Navy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Australian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Netherlands Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Bali Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Bali Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
scuba diving
ⓘ
snorkeling ⓘ |
| hasNearbyIsland |
Nusa Ceningan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nusa Lembongan NERFINISHED ⓘ Nusa Penida NERFINISHED ⓘ Serangan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStrategicSignificance | maritime navigation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
World War II naval battle
ⓘ
rough seas at times ⓘ strong currents ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Bali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nusa Penida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Bali Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Badung region of Bali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navigationHazard |
heavy swells
ⓘ
strong tidal streams ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Denpasar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyPort | Benoa Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ocean | Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dutch East Indies campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lesser Sunda Islands region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| separates |
Bali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nusa Ceningan NERFINISHED ⓘ Nusa Lembongan NERFINISHED ⓘ Nusa Penida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| siteOf | Battle of Badung Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
local ferry traffic ⓘ shipping route ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Badung Strait Description of subject: Badung Strait is a narrow body of water in Indonesia separating Bali from Nusa Penida and the neighboring islands, known for its strategic maritime significance and as the site of a notable World War II naval battle.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.